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Norway: map and facts
Norway is in Northern Europe. It has about 5.61 million people (2025), the 117th largest population. It covers 379,542 km², the 61st largest by area. That is about 15 people per km². Its highest point is Galdhøpiggen, at 2,469 m. The longest river on its map is the Glomma, 604 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 5,610,870 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 379,542 km² (area as drawn on this map)
- Capital: Oslo
- Highest point: Galdhøpiggen, 2,469 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 33.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Norway, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Glomma: 604 km
- Tana River: 370 km
- Numedalslagen: 358 km
- Vasterdal: 315 km
- Altaelva: 229 km
- Namsen: 229 km
- Hallingdalselva: 220 km
- Begna: 213 km
- Rena: 165 km
- Otta: 135 km
Also on the map: Barduelva, Gudbrandsdalslagen, Klaralven, Paatsjoki, Mana and Nidelva.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Galdhøpiggen: 2,469 m (its highest point)
- Beerenberg: 2,277 m
- Oksskolten: 1,916 m
- Newtontoppen: 1,713 m
- Haltiatunturi: 1,324 m
- Olavtoppen: 780 m
Mountain ranges: Scandinavian Mountains and Hardangervidda.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Scandinavia, Svalbard and Finnmarksvidda.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 30.7%, evergreen conifer forest 12.8%, wooded savanna 12.8%, open shrubland 12.3%, snow and ice 9.9%, savanna 7.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 57.6%, hills 38.3%, plains 2.3%, plateaus 1.8%.
Forests covered 33.2% of its land in 2024, down from 33.4% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #5 in titanium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in natural gas among the countries EIA lists (2024)
- World #10 in graphite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Norway shares land borders with Finland, Russia and Sweden on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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